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colinux, anyone tried yet....

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/colinux-anyone-tried-yet.26562/

Kniwor
Kniwor Original post #1
Apr 6, 2006 at 9:36 AM
Just came across this wonderful application colinux....
it's a freeware and runs linux in windows.... i have not yet tried it but here is a screenshot from one of my friends pc

*img96.imageshack.us/img96/6259/colin8xf.th.jpg
u can notice GIMP and linux terminal in windows....

how many of u usig this already.... seems a nice app to me....

it does not create a virtual processor ir anything like VMWare.... so is very low on resources.... do not have a fox allocated memory.....

u will need a X server on windows he told me

here's to download

*sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=98788
yeah i know it's nothing new..... just i came across it now.... and wanna know if someone's using it how it works......




Right now i am using VMware, I have a windows installed, Fedora installed and Slackware 10.2 installed.....
all 4 machines are networked together in a network ....



Here is another freeware, what do u think about this....
it claims to identify songs.....
*www.wildbits.com/tunatic/
identifying the song
Kniwor
Kniwor #2
Apr 7, 2006 at 11:55 PM
exellent....

what u guys dont use linux in windows or something.......

wierd that no reply
JGuru
JGuru #3
Apr 8, 2006 at 12:05 AM
It may be used by newbies to learn Linux in Windows.
But for hardcore Linux people like me, better use the
real Linux , than an emulator!!
dIgItaL_BrAt
Apr 8, 2006 at 12:13 AM
d/ling colinux.
Will play around with it for a while.
Kniwor
Kniwor #5
Apr 8, 2006 at 5:28 AM
JGuru said:
It may be used by newbies to learn Linux in Windows.
But for hardcore Linux people like me, better use the
real Linux , than an emulator!!

well the thing is u hardly ever run games etc on linux.... so if u got a good system that can run 2 kernels and lots of ram may be u can run a linux in windows....
rebooting everytime is not fun...
and furtermore it does not make much sense to use wine coz u got to boot into windows to play games......
praka123
Apr 8, 2006 at 6:51 AM
Jguru is talking about complete freedom from M$ OS...
Kniwor
Kniwor #7
Apr 8, 2006 at 10:17 AM
prakash kerala said:
Jguru is talking about complete freedom from M$ OS...

that is of-course THE BEST

if i were not a gamer.... I'd never have installed windows in my sytem....
windows is no good for anything yaar........